Booneville, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50038. The Survey maps it on the Waukee quadrangle. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1908 USGS Waukee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Waukee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Booneville between 2011 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 129 COTTAGE LANE,LAKE PONDEROSA, IA |
| 24 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Booneville: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Booneville Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Commerce Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harold Moore | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wm Spatz | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Booneville in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $500,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flood | Booneville | $100,000 | Emergency management and river gauges reported 8 to 10 foot rises on the Middle Raccoon and South Raccoon Rivers due to ice jams. Several county roads were impacts with road closures. Flooding was also reported along Highway 44 between Panora and Dallas Center from heavy rain and snowmelt. Portions of Walnut Creek were also just above bankfull from the rain and snowmelt. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flood | Booneville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported water over the road at the Raccoon River Bridge, but still passable at the time. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Booneville | $10,000 | Lightning struck a house at near Van Meter, at 33846 Woodridge Road. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Booneville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Booneville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Booneville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Booneville | $3,000 | HAM radio operator reported nickel size hail. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Booneville | $2,000 | This tornado moved into Dallas County from Madison County. Trees provided most of the damage observed with this tornado as it passed just west and north of the Dale Maffit Reservoir. The tornado dissipated just north of the reservoir and south of the Raccoon River. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Booneville | - | Public reported quarter sized hail in Booneville. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Meter | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Waukee | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Midwest Country Estates | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| De Soto | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ortonville | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Adel | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Garretville | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Quarry | 10.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Booneville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3248792 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454758. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






